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Here you will find all the hotels/hostels/homestays that I've stayed at around the world. My recommendations are honest, so I only listed those that I really liked and would stay at again.
You can find them for each country in an alphabetical order to make searching easier for you and recommendations are everything from low-budget to 5 star hotels.
As I'm always travelling, I will keep adding new places to this list.
Please note:
Creating these guides takes up quite some time so if you like one of my recommended accommodations, it would really help me if you'd book through my link as I'll receive a small commission. The price will stay the same for you, it only helps me to be able to provide more free content in the future. So it's a win-win for both of us and I'd be very grateful for your support!🙂
50+ • Backpacker • Couples • Family • Groups • Female Solo • Adventure • Boutique • Budget • Design • Luxury • Romantic • Sustainable/Eco
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In this guide, I'll share with you all the budget hostels I stayed at around the world and my honest opinion about them.
Most of my travels I did as a solo female traveller. And hostels were often the best option - cheap, safe, great places to meet another traveller.
📍Albania
📍Belgium
📍Bosnia and Herzegovina
📍Cape Verde
📍Croatia
📍Denmark
📍Finland
📍Germany
📍Iceland
📍Ireland
📍Latvia
📍Lithuania
📍Montenegro
📍North Macedonia
📍Poland
📍Portugal
📍Serbia
📍Slovakia
📍Spain
📍Turkey
📍United States
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No need to go to Starbucks or Dunkin’ while in New York City. Here's a random list of places to go instead. (Will constantly be updated).
Instagram: @caffeine_nyc
Digital Nomads • Solo Female • Groups • Backpacker • Car-free • Coffee • City • Cafes • Urban • Foodie • Budget • Slow Travel • Adventure • Luxury • Relaxation • Road Trip • Sustainable/Eco • Outdoors
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💰By purchasing one of the custom guides below for a day, weekend, or week away, you'll receive up to 40 personalized recommendations on what to eat, do, and see in your destination of choice. Having traveled to 29 countries and over 30 U.S. states myself, I can give my personal preferences on places I've been and can scour the web for everything else so you don't have to.
Digital Nomads • Solo Female • Couples • Groups • Adventure • Boutique • Budget • Luxury • Foodie • Wellness • History • Shopping • Design • Nature • People & Culture • Romantic • Photography • Roadtrip • Wine • Coffee • Beach • Mountain • Camping • Relaxation
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Introducing the first Thatch Holiday Gift Guide: a collection of our very best travel guides, organized by category, so you can make it easier for that special someone to *actually* take that vacation they’ve been talking about for years.
Thatch has partnered with dozens of the world’s most talented travel creators to provide the most authentic travel guides, itineraries, tours, and maps possible.
If you’re ready to give the gift of experiences rather than things this holiday, consider purchasing one of the hundreds of guides available on Thatch.
The Categories:
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🍕 The Foodie
🗺 The Road Tripper
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Couples • Groups • Solo Female • Digital Nomads • Backpackers • Accessibility • 50+ • Adventure • Architecture • Art • Boutique • Budget • Luxury • Foodie • Wellness • History • Shopping • Design • Nature • People & Culture • Romantic • Sustainable/Eco • Slow Travel • Photography • Roadtrip
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The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights is truly a must visit New York City experience! This Brooklyn neighborhood is famously known for its grand displays of private homes festively decorated with holidays lights every year. This local tradition has been going on for decades, and a great way to get in the holiday spirit!
This guide gives you all the information you need to know on how to get here, when is the best time to visit, the best photo ops, and a full self-guided walking tour with the best route to make sure you don't miss any of these iconic homes.
Want to find more holiday spots for the perfect New York City trip this Christmas and holiday season? Then check out my page to find my "Ultimate NYC Holiday Guide" with 100+ of the best things to do, see and eat around New York City!!
You can also find me on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube at @adventuressashley for more travel inspiration and tips!
Groups • Family • Female Solo • 50+ • Car-free • Couples • Adventure • Outdoors • Photography • History • Budget • Design
$8.00
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This is a collection of all of our Thatch Sellers' holiday-themed guides. If you're looking to get festive on your upcoming trip, browse these guides to see if we have your location.
Remember— you can always request something custom!
Families • Couples • Friend Groups • Adventure • Architecture • Art • Boutique • Budget • Luxury • Foodie • Wellness • History • Shopping • Design • Nature • People & Culture • Romantic • Photography
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10 days to hit every iconic neighborhood in NYC!
Hi, I'm Kris! I've lived in NYC for over 16 years and I'm a professional itinerary maker and avid traveler!
This is the first time tourist's ultimate guide to New York City! In this perfectly-curated 10-day itinerary, you’ll see every iconic neighborhood in Manhattan (and venture into Brooklyn!), and see almost everything that NYC is famous for! Feel free to mix and match your favorite days, or leave some for a second trip!
You'll find:
-10 choices of places to stay for every taste and budget
-30 choices of places to eat (3 meals a day)
-10 choices of places to drink (1 a day)
All carefully selected by neighborhood. I've also included helpful tips on navigating the streets and subways.
Each day is expertly laid out to best make use of your time in each neighborhood so you can see as much as possible! Grab your phone and follow along, because it's all planned out for you!
*Bonus! I've added some exclusive codes and discounts below, including an instant $40 cash back! (This itinerary basically pays for itself! 😉) You also might find a surprise at the end!*
For more personalized, custom itineraries, check out www.instaventuretravel.com
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We have designed this guide to help you plan your trip to New York City easily and efficiently. Here you will find key information to help you organize your trip with a realistic budget, an effective route, up-to-date transportation information, and many free and unique activities like concerts and outdoor movies to make your trip an unforgettable experience.
You can save this guide and use it in real time when visiting the city. It's that easy! 😉
NOTE: You will find the detailed description of each activity in both English 🇺🇸 and Spanish 🇪🇸 because we have created this guide for our Spanish speaking community as well. So don’t be shy feel free to share it with your Spanish speaking friends and family!
Don't forget to follow us on Instagram at @mentes_viajes_ for more travel tips!
Art • Budget • Adventure • People & Culture • History • Slow Travel • Photography
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Epic 3 Night Guide - Less touristy than the rest!
Experience the best of NYC like a local
Whether you’re planning a couples getaway or a girls weekend, take in the City like most tourists don’t. You won’t find the most famous tourist attractions in this itinerary and we’re skipping Times Square all together! You’ve seen it enough on TV.. and I swear, you won’t miss it.
Instead, we’re slowing down, taking it all in and immersing ourselves into one of the greatest cities in the world as if you were a local!
This is a near replica itinerary of a trip I took with my husband to celebrate my 30th birthday, and it was truly epic! Only thing missing was a show on Broadway - which you should definitely fit in where you can and was my only regret on this truly incredible trip.
Pack your bags, because you’re heading to…
Greenwich Village - The Upper East Side - Brooklyn - Chelsea
Couples • Adventure • Boutique • Romantic • People & Culture • Slow Travel • Photography • Shopping • Foodie • History • Design • Nature • City • Walking
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Have you ever wanted to travel to Iceland or see the Northern Lights? Did you know Iceland is only a 5hr 50 min flight from NYC? I sure didn’t! If you want somewhere close to the US but feel like you’re WORLDS away, WITHOUT breaking the bank, THIS is the place for you!
Start off in Reykjavík and make your way on an awesome road trip, that will lead you all the way to the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon and back, with iconic Waterfall stops, Black Sand Beaches featured on Game Of Thrones, The Blue Lagoon & More!
With this itinerary you have options that will keep you busy for days, seeing some of the most beautiful places on earth, in a short amount of time! I personally did this trip from a Thursday to Monday including the travel days! Let’s go adventure! ✈️
Backpackers • Couples • Groups • Adventure • Budget • Nature • Roadtrip
$20.00
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Grace Kim l Solo Travel & Adventure Blogger ✨
Available for hire
The Ultimate New England Fall Foliage Guide: 5-Day Full Itinerary 🍁
If you're looking to see Fall Foliage in New England this year, I've put together a full, comprehensive 5-Day Full Itinerary.
This guide includes:
🍁 Best Hikes
🍁 Instagrammable Photo Spots
🍁 Exact Google Coordinates
🍁 Where to stay
🍁 Recommended Restaurants and Cafes
🍁 Gear + Packing List
🍁 Additional Spots
I've spent years exploring all of what New England has to offer during the Fall and I'm so happy to be able to share my full itinerary with my favorite locations with you all.
Get ready to be wow'ed during your trip chasing fall foliage in New England 🍂
Families • Digital Nomads • Backpackers • Solo Female • Couples • Groups • Adventure • Foodie • Budget • Nature • RV • Photography • Van Life • Road Trip • Mountain • Camping
$20.00
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This is guide on the top spots curated by our team on where to go, eat, drink, and sleep in New York City for first timers or seasoned vets visiting the city that never sleeps.
Solo Female • Couples • Groups • 50+ • Adventure • Architecture • Art • Boutique • Budget • Luxury • Foodie • Wellness • History • Shopping • Design • People & Culture • Photography • Romantic • Sustainable/Eco
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New York, "The City That Never Sleeps" and that attracts about 65 million visitors each year is one of the most visited cities in the world. "The Big Apple" as it is also nicknamed boasts endless opportunities for exploration and immersing yourself in to the city's vibrant atmosphere.
Planning a trip to NYC? This guide gives you an overview of the sights, the most famous, must-do's, hidden gems, free activties, delicious food and a few hotel options. I've included all the places that I visited and that I would recommend, as well as the ones I wanted to go to but didn't have enough time.
Please note: My guide focuses on visits during the summer months and is not designed for Christmas shopping and winter activities.
50+ • Backpacker • Couples • Family • Groups • Female Solo • Vegetarian • Adventure • Architecture • History • Foodie • People & Culture • Photography • Shopping
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New York- The City That Never Sleeps, The Big Apple, The City So Nice They Named It Twice; an epic destination with so much to offer any visitor. This itinerary focuses on the classics, real institutions that have established New York as one of the greatest cities in the world.
50+ • Car-free • Couples • LGBTQ+ • Family • Plus Size • Female Solo • Adventure • Architecture • Art • Budget • Foodie • History • Outdoors • People & Culture • Photography • Romantic
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My SIL, her husband, and their two boys live in West Harlem so I have been out a couple times with my kiddos to visit. Here is my 24 hour itinerary in the big apple with my little travel buddy, Blake (my 4 yo best dude) for our most recent trip. We flew in late Friday night, explored all day Saturday, then Sunday was a day of indoor play for the boys. Follow along the map for our exact route and how we made the most out of our short time in the city.
We took the train from uptown to Central Park, traveling on foot from there until just before taking the train from Grand Central to the ferry in the evening and then back home.
If you've been to NYC, I'd love to hear your favorites in the comments. If you found this helpful, don't forget to save it to your faves or share with a friend
Follow along with me in real time over on instagram: @jesstakethetrip
Family • Adventure • Architecture • Art • Foodie • History • People & Culture • Coffee
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Backpack Aleks
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14 days on US East Coast 🇺🇸 New York to Washington D.C. on a budget without a car
🌎 Ever since finishing university 3 years ago, I have been full time travelling and volunteering for conservation projects. I absolutely love my lifestyle however can't lie tight budget is one of the downsides. Instead of giving up my travel dreams I just decided to become resourceful and find the perfect itineraries that still fit my tight budget and let me explore the world. Before every trip, I spend weeks planning and researching and it's one of my favourite parts of the adventure. However, I know it can be overwhelming and tedious at times so I decided to share my research and my itinerary with you. All places mentioned here are places where I have been/stayed/eaten myself and can give you an honest review.
🇺🇲 In fall of 2022 I backpacked through East coast of the USA by myself without a car. I was a bit sceptical how it would go since USA is not a very popular backpacker destination. But I was happily surprised how easy it was and kept going from New York down to Virginia, meeting new people on the way and exploring incredible places.
🗽In this guide, you'll find an itinerary through the USA meant to take you through 3 states throughout 14 days following my footsteps. You'll also find description of 2 day trip into 2 more states. I'll share with you my recommendations of where to stay and what to do as well as a detailed outline of the full cost which adds up to 490$ without day trips (accommodation and transport). You'll also find links to the accommodations I stayed in and all the bus/train companies I used. You'll also find a spreadsheet so you can adjust the itinerary to your own needs.
What you'll get in this guide
✔️Itinerary through USA for 14 days
✔️Break down of the budget for the whole trip for accommodation and transport (updated November 23).
✔️Recommendations of budget accommodation in each location
✔️Recommendations of activities in each location
✔️Researched public transport connections between each location
✔️Ideas of day trips from the location (with budget expectations)
✔️Tips on how to get discounts on booking.com and flixbus (including a discount code)
What you won't find in this guide
✖️Detailed day-to-day plan
✖️Budget for food during the trip as they will vary vastly depending on your personal preferences
✖️Food and restaurant recommendations however you'll find some recommendations of budget grocery stores
Backpacker • Car-free • Couples • LGBTQ+ • Groups • Digital Nomads • Female Solo • Vegan • Vegetarian • Adventure • Architecture • Budget • Camping • Coffee • History • Relaxation • Outdoors • Overlanding • People & Culture • Slow Travel • Romantic • Road Trip • Wellness
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Exclusive pre-launch guide to all my fav spots in NY, MIA, LA, and Paris.
More details on all the cafes listed on my blog, launching 9•18•23
Happy Cafe Hopping! 🫶🏼☕️
Digital Nomads • Family • Groups • Vegan • Female Solo • Couples • Backpacker • Adventure • Coffee • Luxury • Foodie • People & Culture • Relaxation
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Adventure • Budget • Luxury • Architecture • Boutique • Design • People & Culture • Romantic • Sustainable/Eco • Road Trip • Beach • Mountain • Relaxation
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